Mackintosh Braun, a Portland-based "electro-pop" group composed of Ian Mackintosh and Ben Braun, are causing quite the stir. And not just in Portland. The band is growing their fan base in a big way. (This girl included!)

Whenever I feel like spring should be around and whenever something great is about to happen in my life, the nostalgia, the happiness and the purity of Chutes Too Narrow become just the perfect mix of sensations that shake me inside.

While his new album features: The Strokes' Justin Casablancas, Iggy Pop, The Flaming Lips and filmmaker David Lynch, Danger Mouse wants people to know "Dark Night of the Soul" wasn't simply thrown together to "compile names of all stars."

"He's obviously dead," said Alfred Dale, LAPD Police Chief. "How else would you explain it? Let's face facts: a new Cary Brothers album came out this year. If Braff was alive, you know he'd be blogging about it."